Gangs And Gang Involvement By Beth Bjerregaard

In the article “Gang Membership and Drug Involvement“ by Beth Bjerregaard, when we hear about gangs we think of murders and drug dealers but are gangs involved in more stuff than we think. Gangs are more likely to sell drugs than non gang members. Gang relationships are very complicated and many members have violent behaviors .
Gang memberships and their drug use. Many gangs sold drugs likes heroin, cocaine and marijuana. But most of these member are not daily users of the drugs they sell. People who were in a gang and used these drugs would be kicked out and counted as a traitor to the gang. 1980’s gangs were most heavily drug users then to the people they sold it to, showing how gangs have changed from 1980-2017. Some gangs are users of

Gang would recruit these juveniles to sell drugs at a school or a university. Juveniles who would be in involved in gangs were grown up around all the drugs and may have a parent or family member or maybe even a friend addicted to these drugs. Juveniles in such gangs would start out early and be in the gang until they have been killed or kicked out. Most people who leave a gang on their own wouldn't live much longer.
Gangs and drug sales. Gangs are more involved in drug sales than non gang members. Jeffrey Fagan who wrote The Criminalization of Domestic Violence: Promises and Limits stated that minor drug selling is a “common feature of gang life for decades.” Small gangs can average one-thousand dollars in income, but a gang that is much larger could average a income of twenty-thousand dollars. Nongang member can average of income of two-thousand dollars. Gang member sales in drugs increase every year, soon they could be making millions like Pablo Escobar did. This research was to point out three main ideas, drugs, gang relationships and violence. Drugs have been sold and used in gangs for years now. Gang relationships aren't much different from regular relationships only thing different is their is rules and boundary you can't cross. Gang members have always used violence as a way to solve problems. Gangs have changed in many ways but they are involving into something much bigger